PIONEERS AGAIN: The American Awakening
A novel that reads like evidence — because it is.
What if the dismantling of American independence wasn't accidental? What if it was mapped, refined, and executed across generations — from the railroads and banks of the 1870s to the corporate playbooks of today?
Through the Morrison family's century-long story, Pioneers Again exposes the quiet evolution from self-reliance to managed dependence — and the growing movement determined to reverse it.
About the Book
At its heart, Pioneers Again is historical fiction that becomes social autopsy. It begins in 1878, when Ezra Morrison builds a home that defies the new order of railroad contracts and "official" maps. It ends in 2025, when his great-great-grandson Jake finds those same signatures—Hartwell, Delaney, Williams—buried in his insurance paperwork.
Between them lies the story of America's shift from neighbors who fixed problems together to customers waiting on hold for permission to act.
Told through journals, letters, boardroom memos, and modern investigations, the novel fuses story and evidence until they're indistinguishable—showing how ordinary people were trained to trade agency for convenience.
Every generation of Morrisons faces the same decision: Trust the system — or rebuild what once worked.
Inside the Book
Part I: The Fracture
From prairie storms to Depression-era banks, the foundations of control are poured. Meet Ezra, Sarah, Samuel, Martha, and Frank—each facing a system learning how to profit from dependency.
Part II: The Pattern
The families behind the curtain perfect the model. From corporate takeovers to "expert management," every reform becomes a new layer of extraction.
Part III: The Awakening
The descendants uncover what was hidden in plain sight. Jake Morrison connects the dots between policy, psychology, and profit—and sparks a return to competence that spreads from one garage to a nation.
Nineteen sections (Prologue through Epilogue). A family story that doubles as a map out of modern confusion.
What Readers Discover
- Why "complexity" became the most profitable product in America
- How stress itself was weaponized to make citizens compliant
- The buried research (Cannon, MacLean, Simon) proving it could be done
- The lineage of names—Hartwell, Delaney, Williams—that trace real corporate power consolidation
- And, most importantly, how ordinary people can still rebuild trust, skill, and agency from the ground up
Formats & Availability
Available soon on Amazon.
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Reclaim the story. Rebuild what holds.
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